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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com LONG LAKE #58 FIRST NATION \u2014 Overdoses have brought this community along Highway 11 to a state of emergency, and its chief and council are spending $150,000 to bring in reinforcements. The money will be used to hire people in community response and community well-being and \u201cbegin a more focused and coordinated response to the drug crisis,\u201d a written notice to Long Lake 58 members said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been dealing with this for quite some time,\u201d Chief John O\u2019Nabigon said Tuesday in a phone interview. \u201cWe initiated an emergency measures declaration in January to combat the drugs coming into the reserve and the dealers and also the social issues behind it.\u201d In fact, that declaration came Jan. 29, the chief\u2019s second day in… <\/p>\n

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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com LONG LAKE #58 FIRST NATION \u2014 Overdoses have brought this community along Highway 11 to a state of emergency, and its chief and council are spending $150,000 to bring in reinforcements. The money will be used to hire people in community response and community well-being and \u201cbegin a more focused and coordinated response to the drug crisis,\u201d a written notice to Long Lake 58 members said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been dealing with this for quite some time,\u201d Chief John O\u2019Nabigon said Tuesday in a phone interview. \u201cWe initiated an emergency measures declaration in January to combat the drugs coming into the reserve and the dealers and also the social issues behind it.\u201d In fact, that declaration came Jan. 29, the chief\u2019s second day in... <\/p>\n

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